Police suspect missing teen may be with fugitive father

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Officials are looking for a missing or runaway teenager who might be with her fugitive father.

Pricilla Papaleo, 15, left the Sleepy Hollow Academy in South Park on Sunday and might be with her father, Edgar "John" Papaleo, according to Allegheny County police.

Mr. Papaleo is wanted by police in Philadelphia on charges of robbery, theft and other crimes. Police said he has connections to people in Pittsburgh, Zelienople and Philadelphia.

Mr. Papaleo, a white man, is 42 years old, about 5 feet 7 inches tall and weighs about 190 pounds. His daughter, also white, is 15 years old, 5 feet 2 inches tall and weighs about 115 pounds. She was last seen wearing a gray long-sleeved shirt and navy pants, police said.

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